Table of Contents

Contents 1. See sections in chapter 1Getting Started * Introduction * Starting Sage 50 * Sage 50 Desktop Views * Settings * Company Preferences * Currency & the Euro * Customer & Supplier Defaults * Finance Rates 2. See sections in chapter 2The Customer Ledger * Keeping a Financial System * The Customers Toolbar * Creating Customer Records * Price List * Batch Customer Invoice * Batch Customer Credit Note * Debtors Analysis * Credit Charges * Disputed Invoices * Customer Reports & Modem * Customer Letters and Labels * The Customer Statement 3. See sections in chapter 3The Supplier Ledger * The Supplier Toolbar * Creating Supplier Records * Using Search * Supplier Activity * Supplier Aged Balance * Recording Supplier Invoices * Supplier Credit Notes * Supplier Letters and Labels * Supplier Reports 4. See sections in chapter 4The Nominal Ledger * The Nominal Toolbar * The Nominal Ledger * Nominal Records * Viewing Nominal Transactions * The Journal * Making a Journal Entry * Setting up Prepayments * Setting up Accruals * The Chart of Accounts * Nominal Reports 5. See sections in chapter 5The Bank * The Bank Toolbar * Bank Accounts * Bank, Cash & Credit Accounts * Recording Bank Payments * Supplier Invoice Payments * Batch Purchase Payments * Bank Receipts * Recording Customer Receipts * Bank Transfers * Recurring Entries * Generating Cheques * The Bank Statement * Bank Account Reconciliation * Bank Reports 6. See sections in chapter 6Products * The Products Toolbar * The Product Record * Product Defaults * Using Search * Bill of Materials * Viewing Transactions * Product Activity * Product Adjustments * Product Transfers * Product Reports 7. See sections in chapter 7Invoices * The Invoicing Toolbar * Invoicing * The Product Invoice * Printing an Invoice * The Service Invoice * The Skeleton Invoice * Product Credit Note * Process Recurring Transactions * Updating your Ledgers * Printing for Batch Invoicing * Producing Reports 8. See sections in chapter 8Processing Sales Orders * Sales Order Processing Toolbar * The Sales Order * Allocating Stock * Despatching Sales Orders * Amending & Printing Sales Orders * Sales Orders Reports 9. See sections in chapter 9Purchase Orders * The PO Processing Toolbar * Creating a Purchase Order * Placing Orders 'on order' * Recording Deliveries * Processing Purchases Manually * Recording Deliveries Manually * Printing Batched Orders * Purchase Order Reports 10. See sections in chapter 10Financials * The Financials Toolbar * The Audit Trail * The Trial Balance * Profit and Loss Report * The Balance Sheet * Quick Ratio Report * The Budget Report * The VAT Return * e-VAT Submissions * Financial Reports 11. See sections in chapter 11Fixed Assets * The Fixed Assets Toolbar * Recording your Fixed Assets * Fixed Asset Depreciation * Depreciation and Valuation 12. See sections in chapter 12The Report Designer * The Report Designer * Creating a New Report * Modifying an Existing Report 13. See sections in chapter 13Opening Balances * Introduction * Standard VAT - O/B * VAT Cash Accounting - O/B * Clearing Opening Balances * Entering Balances Mid-Year * Nominal Ledger & Bank A/c * Product Opening Balances 14. See sections in chapter 14Data Management * Backing Up Data * Restoring Data * Changing Global Values * Importing Data * File Maintenance * Write Off, Refund & Return * Posting Contra Entries * Run Period End Functions * Clearing Audit Trail and Stock 15. See sections in chapter 15The Task Manager * Features of the Tasks Option * The Task Manager Desktop * Setting Up a To Do Task * Recording a New Bill * Paying a Bill * Accounts Due * Account Status * The Recurring Option * Stock Option * Invoices Option * Sales Order Processing * Purchase Order Processing